Comorbid conditions require attention in the planning of treatment strategies for panic
disorder, as they affect the course and prognosis of the disorder as well as its response to …

Panic disorder is becoming better recognised and understood as a chronic, debilitating but
treatable condition. Drug treatment options shown by adequate research to be beneficial in …

Background: Psychiatric disorder is underdiagnosed in primary care practice, often because
it is somatized and the patient reports only physical symptoms. Palpitations are among the …

Using cluster analysis of 207 patients with panic disorder (PD), we investigated the
relationships between several panic symptoms at the time of panic attacks, which included …

The influence of different hierarchical guidelines in various classification systems on the
diagnosis of anxiety disorders and hypochondriasis was investigated. Using a …

The relationship between hypochondriacal concerns, as assessed by the Illness Attitude
Scales, and depressive symptoms was examined in a sample of 100 drug-free outpatients …

Available evidence derived from behavioural and clinical studies indicates that
antidepressant drugs may be effective as anxiolytic agents. In this connection, the present …

Previous studies have shown that both selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and
monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) are effective in the treatment of panic disorder (PD) …

Background A significant number of patients with chest pains who undergo coronary
angiography (20–30%) have normal coronary arteries. Up to 50% of this group are …

Abstract The Regression Point Displacement Design (RPDD) is a pretest-posttest quasi-
experimental design that usually involves a single treated group and multiple control groups …